The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, March 1, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
3:16 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 769
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Mar 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 51.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 04m / 26.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.86° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.78° / -3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.72° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.